Nokia Siemens Networks

T-Mobile and Nokia Siemens Networks: building a sustainable relationship

Our two organizations have joined forces to reduce carbon emissions.

T-Mobile is a major international brand, with 110 million subscribers in twelve countries. Network efficiency is now one of their primary concerns.

Because of the scale of their operation even small savings in energy consumption at cell sites, say, translate into huge savings overall.

Allison Murray, Corporate Responsibility Manager at T-Mobile UK, said in an interview, “T-Mobile has made a commitment to reducing C0₂ emissions from our business as part of our wider environmental strategy.”

A valuable partnership

In the UK, T-Mobile sources more than 15% of its energy from renewable resources, a surprising amount but miniscule compared to the opportunity they believe they have identified at the network level.

Says Murray, “We’ve been working with organizations such as the Carbon Trust to identify where we can make practical changes to bring down carbon emissions over the long term. For example, we know that 86% of our total C02 emissions come from running our network and so that’s where we’ve focused the majority of our efforts.”

And Nokia Siemens Networks is working alongside T-Mobile to help improve energy efficiency at all levels of their network – particularly base stations, which consume more than half of a network’s energy.

Reducing carbon emissions at the network level can seem expensive in the short term but the investment can soon pay for itself, both environmentally and financially.

Just ask T-Mobile.